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FM FCO
TO PRIORITY BANGKOK
TELNO
OF
APRIL 92
AND TO PRIORITY VIENNA, BRUSSELS, OTTAWA, PEKING, HELSINKI
AND TO PRIORITY PARIS, BONN, JAKARTA, ROME, HOLY SEE, TOKYO
AND TO PRIORITY KUALA LUMPUR, THE HAGUE, WELLINGTON, OSLO
AND TO PRIORITY MANILA, STOCKHOLM, WASHINGTON, MOSCOW
AND TO PRIORITY BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, CANBERRA, SEOUL, SINGAPORE
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, UKREP BRUSSELS, HONG KONG, HANOI
VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS: ORDERLY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME (ORP)
1. The British, Hong Kong and Vietnamese Governments have
reached agreement on the modalities of the second phase of the
ORP, agreed last October, under which those non-refugees already
in Hong Kong before 29 October 1991 who do not volunteer will be
returned to Vietnam.
2. All migrants who, after the full screening and appeals
procedure are found not to be refugees will be offered the
opportunity to return to Vietnam under the Voluntary
Repatriation Scheme run by UNHCR. We hope that the majority of
non-refugees in Hong Kong will opt for this scheme but recognise
that some will not. Their repatriation under the ORP
arrangements is fully in line with internationally agreed
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